Leeds is the 14th happiest out of 20 Yorkshire areas

The overall ‘happiness score’ of residents in Leeds has dropped for the first time since 2013, according to results from the Personal Wellbeing Survey on the Office of National Statistics website.
In the 2013/14 survey, Leeds residents gave an average score of 7.26 out of 10 for their happiness levels – a figure that rose incrementally every year to reach a peak of 7.61 in 2017/18.
In this year’s survey, however, that score has dropped for the first time to 7.45 out of 10.

This has seen Leeds drop from the fifth happiest area in Yorkshire in 2018 to the 14th happiest out of the 20 Yorkshire areas included in the survey.
1. Hambleton comes out top for happiness in Yorkshire, with people living there giving an average score of 8.19 out of 10 for their happiness.

6. Scarborough, slightly above the national average score of 7.56, that is despite being named as the local authority with the lowest mean pay in Britain in 2016/17